Safety appliance for railway-cab.



J. T. ANDREW.

SAFETY APPLIANCE FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED APE.9,1910.

965,679. Patented ul 26, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE. 7

ifAMES '1. ANDREW, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

SAFETY PPLIANCE eesmo.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. ANDREW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Montgomery, in the county of Montgomery and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Appliances for Railway-Cars;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a pertains to make and use the same.

y invention relates to safety appliances for railway cars or hicomotives and is a specific improvement over the construction shown in-niy Patent No. 897,564, dated Septemheu 831908.

The object of my simple means whereby a pair invention is to provide of safety 7 wheels may besecured upon any size of car :1Xle,-lll 2l(0 the regular running wheels,

. without taking down the car or taking one of the wheels from the axle.

"With this object in view, my invention consists in the construction and combinations 01 parts as hereinafter described andclaimed.

Inthe accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is an end view, partly insection, of my invention as applied to a pair of the wheels of an ordinary truck, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 22 of Fig. l.

1 represents a car axle r ovided with the usual wheels 2- and 3 an iwith the safety appliance 4; ap lied on the outside, all as described in my atent, No. 8 7,86%

5 represents a semi-cydindrical shell,

At the sage of a bolt 8.

In use, a similarly sha'ped but oppositely arranged shellis used, provided with half wheels at each end. The lugs are adapted son RAILWAY-GAB 1910. Serial No. 554,500.

any of the wheels.

The construction shown is strong enou h for ordinary purposes, but, if desired, t e two half wheels may be secured together by means of lugs 10 formed on the half wheels and secured to'get her by bolts 11.

1. The combination of an axle and a safety appliance adapted to be secured thereto, consistin" of two semicylindrical shells each provided with projecting lugs, and with a half wheel at: each end, b'o lts passing through said lugs to together. and set screws assing through t-ially as described.

safety appliance secured thereto, said a'p each end, with projecting ln s,

shells together, with st screws, and means for fastening the two half wheels at each end together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix, my signal turc. in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES '1. ANDREW.

Witnesses i F. 0. KING, E. II. Ben.

hold the shells 2. The combination of a car-axle and a' pliance conslsting of two semicylindrical, shells, each provided with a half wheelas; with bolts oassing through said lugs to asten the half Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t d J l 2 1 a anion filed April 9, 7

by the screws 6, closely embracing the axle 1.' i

from the t rack or car, or without taking ofi said shells and engaging said axle, subst'an- 

